Voltaire, François-Marie Arouet de: Romans et Contes. 3 vol. Bouillon: Société Typographique 1778. 20 x 12,5 cm. With engraved portrait frontispiece, 3 engraved title vignettes, 13 engraved vignettes, 55 engraved plates (of 56). Red morocco, circa 1900. Title on spine, border on inner edges, gilt edges; signed “Petit Successeur de Simier.”

(The plate is missing from Volume I according to the catalog by Cohen/Ricci. The spine of Volume I is damaged, with a tear in the endpaper. Condition inside is good.)

Cohen/Ricci 1038 ff. Bengesco I, 1522. — The copperplate engravings were made after works by Monnet, Moreau the Younger, Marillier, and Martini.